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The 'controversial' history surrounding adding fluoride to tap water
Fluoride has a controversial history. So what is fluoride and should we be worried about the potential risks?
Tap Water
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Articles about Tap Water
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Using tap water daily, but do you know what their smell means?
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Environment
Ho Chi Minh City: Pollution threatens tap water
Economic and budgetary board of Ho Chi Minh City People's Council has just published survey results on water pollution in Ho Chi Minh City.
Environment
Infected tap water
For nearly a month, thousands of households have used tap water in Son Tra district (Da Nang city), using water contaminated with coliform bacteria. The health sector ha…
Medicine - Health
Does the tap water contain more bacteria than the toilet?
Scientists found that floors, carpets, even tap water produce more bacteria than toilets.
Medicine - Health
Detecting common cocaine in drinking water in the UK
The use of cocaine in the UK is so widespread that authorities can detect traces of stimulants in regular drinking water.
Medicine - Health
Panic of tap water contaminated with birth control pills
Recently, Chinese people panic when they know the tap water they are using is infected with birth control pills. After the common ingredient in most contraceptives compl…
Medicine - Health
Detection of arsenic-contaminated tap water with a rapid test kit
The group of scientists at the Institute of Geology used a quick test kit to test clean water in some areas in Hanoi.
Cancer
Tap water threatens to cause blood cancer
Long-term exposure to by-products during chlorine disinfection can increase the risk of developing a form of blood cancer by up to 70%. Trihalomethane and bromodichlorom…